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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1898
Page
7
Our School Shoes are made for us with stock chosen and fitting lasts. We offer shoes in stock to fit boys and girls and can remedy fits easily. If you are too busy or cannot come in, send them to us for proper fitting or a full refund.
The Delaware and Hudson company paid yesterday at Coalbrook colliery in Carbondale. Local business notes include N D Carman Co taking on wholesale meat tele and fume on Adams avenue. A teacher meeting is scheduled for this morning at Weelock in the board of control rooms. A. Beski was held in ball for taking a $20 piece from a sewing machine in a residence. Marriage licenses issued for Walsh Porter Scranton Combe Zentel Price Lewis Spring Brook. Two men injured at Bellevue mine were moved to Moses Taylor hospital. William Kressler suffered a broken right arm in a Sandy Banks game. A Sunday outing by CNJ trains to Mauch Chunk and Glen Onoko with a 6 9 p m return, fare six cents. Adam Stroll arrested for a worthless $1 check at a Beranten store. Wyoming Avenue fire at Norton’s hotel blamed on a live electric wire. Ferdinand Schmitt bitten by a dog. dog shot after incident. no prosecutions for the boys.
The upcoming board of trade gathering will feature a written report by William Connell on his mission with the Lackawanna Iron and Steel company. He was appointed a one man committee to discuss structural iron manufacture with the firm.
Tickets sold for a grand excursion on Sunday valid on all trains except the Black Mamond Express. Return journey allowed Monday for 3 00.
The remains arrived at Archbald yesterday from McKeesport, delayed by a misunderstanding. The funeral will be this morning with a high mass of requiem at St. Thomas' church at 9.50 o'clock.
Travel from New York Sunday to Coney Island on the Lehigh Valley line fare adults three dollars children two dollars round trip. Celebration and seaside thrills await riders seeking a day by the shore.
Anxious crowds flocked to Loftus and Melvin drug store for tickets as city and regional buyers seek reserved seating for the Smith vs Judge glove contest. Officials capped per person sales at five seats amid fears of scalping while Jack Skelly arrives with Bobby Dobbs to organize the event and negotiate a $1500 purse and match terms with Joe Gans and Al Herdford.
At a mid month meeting of the poor board Mrs Moran of Miller's Row asked for transportation to Jersey City for herself and daughter after a fatal shooting involving the Russell girl. The board granted tickets and considered other cases including Mrs Hersvogel and Mrs Hawking with actions delegated to officers.
A party leaves Scranton and nearby towns at 4 a.m. to attend the One Hundred and Thirty-second regiment reunion on the Antietam battlefield. Dignitaries from Luzerne Montour and Bradford counties join at Sunbury and the group expects to reach the battlefield this afternoon around 3 p.m. They plan to return by mid next week.
A boy named Faltz was seriously hurt while riding a Green Ridge Suburban streetcar on the Washington avenue hill near the Erie and Wyoming bridge. He fell from the car step as it sped, striking his head and fracturing his skull. He is the son of Henry Faltz, lunch counter keeper at the Scranton House, and was taken home on Ah Street.
A regular train excursion to New York runs today and Sunday. Fares are $2.00 for adults and $8.00 for children with return available Monday.
Special services marked the end of Rosh Hashana at Linden Street Temple as Rev. Dr. Chapman spoke on Retrospection last evening and will preach on The Writing on the Wall at 9:90 this morning. The ram’s horn will sound and music will accompany the observance.
An interview with Adjutant General Stewart explains the provisional guard enlistment nearing completion. Old National Guard members will resume their former positions after the war, while provisional troops serve up to twelve years and re enlistment credits apply. Promotions may occur as volunteers return.
A second grand jury report is expected this morning as twenty five or more liquor selling cages are discussed. Crusader C. W. Traver faces costs for ignored bills. Traver enlisted two Archbald youths, Herbert Lancaster and Thomas Farr, to assist, but the text ends before the outcome.
The text notes promises of $2 daily for detective duties were not honored as men deserted him. Lancaster is described as making sharp discords about his dealings with Traver. It is alleged one party sued by Traver prompted Lancaster to swear accusations before a notary for use in a criminal proceeding.
Ben Reynolds a Rough Rider under Teddy Roosevelt rode through Scranton last night on a DL&W train en route to Indian Territory. He left the train at the depot seeking a drink and obtained it at the Scranton House bar. He displayed discharge papers from Troop I confirming his service.
The class system in music instruction is taught globally in major conservatories including Paris Berlin Leipzig Dresden St Petersburg and others. Famous teachers such as Mendelssohn Rubinst ein Joachim Kullak Tausig and Liszt supported conservatory teaching as superior to private lessons.
A fourteen line item notes a popular trip to New York from Scranton via the Lehigh Valley from September 1 to 18 with return by September 19. Three days in the metropolis offered for shopping and sightseeing. Fares listed as adults eight dollars and children one dollar. Check Lehigh Valley ticket agents for details.
Colonel Stone at Williams Grove outlines Pennsylvania taxes. He notes state revenue comes from corporate, interest, collateral inheritance taxes, writ fees, licenses, and mercantile taxes. Landowners and laborers pay little direct tax. policy shifts burden to those with state franchises or benefits.
An endless chain started by the Young Women's Christian Association sets an eighteen member limit. Each recipient must send two copies to friends and remit 10 cents with the letter to Mrs. E. L. Jackson at the association rooms 205 Washington Avenue.
Coroner Longstreet received a call from Dr. Newman of Ransom township asking him to investigate the death of John Courtright a Milwaukee farm hand who is suspected to have died from alcoholism. The coroner plans to travel to Milwaukee this morning. A marriage notice follows announcing the September 15 1598 wedding of Rolomew T Walker to Mre Fanny Datesman at Clark's Suromit.
Mrs. Catherine Cafferty, of 40 Prospect Avenue, Scranton, died recently. The funeral is set for Monday morning at o clock with interment at Kyde Park Catholic Cemetery.
The ad lists discounts on calico, ginghams, Turkish red and black calico, outing flannel, Cheviot shirting, cheese cloth, brown muslin, fine brown muslin, Canton flannel, and spool cotton. Prices shown in cents per yard or spool with bold emphasis on best and good quality fabrics.
Stevens' Best American Crashes, fashioned from traditional flax fibers, reflects historic textile methods. The piece surveys fabric stability and fiber purity in a vintage craft context.
Retail notices offer remnant wash goods and full linens at half price or less. Highlights include damask table linens from 29c to 33c, heavy German linen at 53c, 72 inch soft finish sets up to $1.25, and various comforters and silkoline fills. Brand lines include Dr. Warner's Health Comets and Coraline abdominal supports with closeout pricing.
Advertisement notes Mason's Improved Fruit Jars as the best jar made and mentions cars just received. It states the jars are not sold at the lowest town price but emphasizes the quality worth 60 cents per dozen.
Quart at three quarters of a dollar and two quarts at sixty four cents per dozen. Tin top jelly glasses offered at twenty cents per dozen.
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